箭 jiàn

1. jiàn noun arrow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Weapons
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '箭'; Guoyu '箭' n 1; Kroll 2015 '箭' 1, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '箭', p. 121; Unihan '箭')
2. jiàn noun a dart
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '箭' 1a, p. 199)
3. jiàn noun an indicator for a water clock
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Also used as a unit of time measured by water clocks (Guoyu '箭' n 3; Kroll 2015 '箭' 2, p. 199)
4. jiàn adjective swift
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '箭' adj)
5. jiàn noun arrow bamboo
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A type of bamboo; see 箭竹 (Guoyu '箭' n 2; Kroll 2015 '箭' 1, p. 199; Unihan '箭')
6. jiàn noun stem of a plant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '箭', p. 121)

Contained in

• 中箭落马(中箭落馬) to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse; to suffer a serious setback
• 袖箭 spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
• 天箭座 Sagitta
• 箭竿子 arrow stem
• 箭翎子 feather of an arrow
• 暗箭伤人(暗箭傷人) to slander or injure with a backhanded means
• 恩怨暗箭 secretly injure while nursing a grievance
• 火箭筒 bazooka; rocket launcher
• 箭毒蛙 poison dart frog
• 箭壶(箭壺) arrow holder
• 箭铁(箭鐵) iron arrowhead
• 明枪易躲，暗箭难防(明槍易躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
• 光阴似箭(光陰似箭) time flies like an arrow
• 运载火箭(運載火箭) carrier rocket
• 箭镞(箭鏃) arrowhead
• 箭笋(箭筍) tiny bamboo shoots
• 暗箭中人 to slander or injure with a backhanded means
• 箭头键(箭頭鍵) arrow key (on keyboard)
• 左箭头键(左箭頭鍵) left arrow key (on keyboard)
• 令箭 arrow banner of command
• 马箭(馬箭) mounted archers
• 右箭头键(右箭頭鍵) right arrow key (on keyboard)
• 箭袋 arrow quiver
• 弓箭手 archer
• 钢箭(鋼箭) iron arrow
• 火箭炮 rocket artillery
• 左箭头(左箭頭) left-pointing arrow
• 暗箭难防(暗箭難防) a secret arrow [slander] is hard to defend against ; an attack by stealth is hard to defend
• 箭步 sudden big stride forward
• 箭在弦上 an arrow on the bowstring; everything ready
• 开弓没有回头箭(開弓沒有回頭箭) once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back; once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started
• 火箭推进榴弹(火箭推進榴彈) rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
• 火箭弹(火箭彈) rocket (artillery)
• 箭书(箭書) message sent with an arrow
• 右箭头(右箭頭) right-pointing arrow
• 归心似箭(歸心似箭) with one's heart set on speeding home
• 挡箭牌(擋箭牌) shield; (fig.) excuse
• 箭竹 bamboo
• 一箭双雕(一箭雙鵰) one arrow, two eagles; to kill two birds with one stone
• 箭杆(箭桿) arrow shaft
• 枪林箭雨(槍林箭雨) forest of spear, rain of arrows
• 箭头(箭頭) arrowhead; arrow symbol
• 北美箭竹族 Arundinarieae
• 下箭头(下箭頭) down-pointing arrow
• 明枪好躲，暗箭难防(明槍好躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
• 暗箭 attack by stealth; to ambush
• 万箭穿心(萬箭穿心) to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows; overcome with sorrow; to lambaste
• 拈弓搭箭 pick up a bow and shoot an arrow
• 草船借箭 using straw boats to borrow arrows
• 长征系列运载火箭(長征系列運載火箭) Long March Rocket Family

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• 第十三回 Chapter 13 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 24
• 卷一百九十七 志第一百五十 兵十一 Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
• 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 20
• 卷五十一　志第二十: 禮志三 禮志四 Volume 51 Treatises 21: Rites 3 and 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 20
• 第九十二回 Chapter 92 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 17
• 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 14
• 第八十七回 Chapter 87 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 14
• 卷二十三上　　　志第十三上　　儀衛上 Volume 23a Treatises 13: Ceremonies 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 14
• 第一百十八回 Chapter 118 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• 卷一百九十五 志第一百四十八 兵九 Volume 195 Treatises 148: Military 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13

Collocations

• 竹箭 (竹箭) 取竹箭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 26
• 拔箭 (拔箭) 其子為拔箭 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十五 蜀書十五 鄧張宗楊傳 Volume 45: Book of Shu 15 - Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Zong, and Yang — count: 7
• 四十八箭 (四十八箭) 今下晷景漏刻四十八箭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two — count: 5
• 中箭 (中箭) 寶中箭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十一 列傳第五十一 王遜 蔡豹 羊鑒 劉胤 桓宣 朱伺 毛寶 劉遐 鄧嶽 朱序 Volume 81 Biographies 51: Wang Xun; Cai Bao; Yang Jian; Liu Yin; Huan Xuan; Zhu Si; Mao Bao; Liu Xia; Deng Yue; Zhu Xu — count: 4
• 箭中 (箭中) 箭中其背而死 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十四 列傳第三十四 武十三王 元四王 簡文三子 Volume 64 Biographies 34: Thirteen Princes of Wu; Four Princes of Yuan; Three Sons of Jianwen — count: 4
• 箭射 (箭射) 仲連為書系箭射聊城中 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 4
• 系箭 (系箭) 以繩系箭矢端 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備高臨 Book 14 - Defense against Attack from an Elevation — count: 3
• 刀箭 (刀箭) 置其刀箭而去 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇七 載記第七 石季龍（石虎）下 Volume 107 Records 7: Shi Jilong Part Two — count: 3
• 箭笄 (箭笄) 箭笄終喪三年 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪服小記》 Record of Small Matters in the Dress of Mourning — count: 3
• 箭死 (箭死) 被箭死 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十三 蜀書三 後主傳 Volume 33: Book of Shu 3 - Biography of the Later Lord — count: 2